Data Lake for Enterprises

Fan In - Flume architecture

The arrangement of Flume's components, namely source and channel, in such a way that there are many sources fed to one channel is termed as a Fan In Flume architecture. The following figure (Figure 09) shows this architecture:

Figure 09: Fan In Flume Architecture

Next is a figure (Figure 10) that combines these Flume components in a more complex manner, and it is more functionally suited to a particular use case. This is shown to you to make you understand that according to your use case, you are free to arrange these components:

Figure 10: Typical Flume Architecture arrangement catering to a use case